Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1929, Page 13

PUBLISHERS SEND | MESSAGES TO BYRD Greetings for Explorer by Radio Broadcast at New York Meeting. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 20.—Messages of cheer and appreciation were broadeast to Comdr. Richard E. Byrd and his expedition in the Antarctic tonight by | members of the American Newspaper | Publishers’ Association from the or- ganization's New York clubrooms. The program was broadcast over Station WGY and associated short-wave sta- tions. Among those who spoke were Harry Chandler, publisher of the Los Angeles Times; Edward H. Butler, president of the association and editor and publisher of the Buffalo Evening News; Jerome D. Barnum, publisher of the Syracuse Post Standard, close friend of the com- mander; Howard Davis, business manager of the New York Herald- ‘Tribune; F. J. Byrd, of the Vancouver (British Columbia) Province; Charles A. Webb, of the Asheville (N. C.) Citizen; Col. Robert R. McCormick, of the Chicago Tribune; M. C. Meggs, of the Chicago Herald-Examiner; Capt. G. P. Putnam, of Putnem & Co., and 8. E. Thomason, of th> Tampa (Fla.) ‘Tribune. Thrilled by Stories. Mr. Barnum said: “I bring you many messages of good | cheer and fellowship from your friends in New York State. The news of your glorious adventure into Little Americs. and the tales of your hardships from the time you reached the ice barrier until Gould and Balchen were seeminsly lost in that great ice-land, thrilled every. one from the youngest to the oldest readers of newspapers.” Mr. Barnum referred to the death of Floyd Bennett a year ago, and said: “Although you felt that you had lost your best friend, you said you would carry on to the Antarctic as a lasting memorial to him. This is the anni-} versary of his passing, and it should please you to know how all men recog- nize how splendidly you have carrled out that trust.” EXPEDITION HAS BERRIES. Byrd Party Eats Them With Cream at Ice Barrier. NEW YORK, April 20 (#).—Straw- berries and cream are on the menu of the men of the Byrd Antarctic expedi- tion on the Ross ice barrier, Sidney Greason, chief steward of the expedi- tion, said on his arrival here. Mr. Greason was one of 12 who returned to spend the Summer here before going back -to the expedition. e also said there were plenty of raspberries and “oodles” of cream as “the expedition is making an attempt to give the men the same food they would have at home.” The chief steward superintends the buying of enough foodstuffs to last the expedition for two years. In buying the food he said he didn’t pay apy at- tention to calories and vitamins, “just went ahead on the principle of giving 2 man enough to eat.” PRINCE WILL REST IN CATHEDRAL CHAPEL Bishop Freeman Announces That Famous War Flyer Is to Be Accorded Sepulcher. Norman Prince of Boston, the founder of the Lafayette Escadrille, who gave his life while flying with that American volunteer aviation force. with the French army, is to be accorded sepulture in the Washington Cathedral. Announcement of the entombment of | & the aviator's body in the cathedral was made by Right Rev. James E. Free- man, Bishop of Washington. in con- nection with receipt of a gift from Fred- erick H. Prince of Boston, father of the fiyer, which will provide for a memorial chepel on the main floor of the cathe- dral. ‘The chapel, which will be known as the Chapel of St. John, will contain the tomb of Norman Prince, whose body now rests in the American Pro-Cathe- dral in Paris and soon is to be brought back to this country. The cost of the chapel, exclusive of the tomb, is esti- mated by the cathedral architects in ex- cess of $200,000. Norman Prince was one of the first _ Americans to volunteer for service with ” France during the World War. He was killed in a crash in October, 1916, after his return from an aerial encounter with German planes. During his service with the escadrille. Prince was credited with bringing down five enemy planes and was awarded the Croix de Guerre, the Medaille Militaire and the Legion of Honor. STUART PUPILS PLAN SPRING OPERA MAY 2 “Pied Piper” Cast Will Hold Dress Rehearsal for Presentation on April 30. Students of the Stuart Junior High School will present their Spring opera. “The Pied Piper of Hamlin,” May 2 and 3 in the school auditorfum. ‘The dramatics have been studied un- der Miss Bertha Lucas and Miss Anne Lemborn, while the choruses have been rehearsing under direction of Franklin Jackson. Miss Grace Ware is teaching the dances. The costuming, in charge of Miss Mary Short, will be furnished in time for the dress rehearsal on April 30 for the benefit of the graded school chii- dren in the vicinity of Stuart. Miss Ada Entwisle has completed the gcenery, while printing will be unager the supervision of Kenneth Hawkins. It is expected that “The Pied PlPel’ will surpass last year's success, “The Japanese Girl.” oy Mrs. Leah Arcuet Chiles of Kenil- worth was elected to he the first woman mayor in North Carolina. Rare Manuscript Henry L. Doherty, one of the country’s wealthiest bachelors and nationally known as a public utility leader, has announced during a two-year illness. They were married New Eames, who nursed him Year eve. marriage to Mrs. Percy Frank Woman chged Under Car Rescued By 50 Volunteers; Taken to Hospital More than 50 volunteers labored for a quarter of an hour last night be- fore they extricated Mrs. William Wellener, 40 years old, 2418 Thirts third street southeast, from beneath the front end of a street car which had struck her as she was crossing Pennsyl- vania avenue, between Sixth and Seventh streets southeast. Mrs. Wellener is expected to recover. She was wedged beneath the safety device ahead of the fore trucks, and enough men were assembled to life the front of the car. She was removed to Casualty Hospital in a taxicab by R. E. Sanford, where treatment was ad- ministered for a possible fractured skull and internal injuries, scalp lacerations and bruises. Mrs. Wellener and her husband had parked their automobile on the north side of Pennsylvania avenue. Mr. Wellener said he walked across the avenue slightly in advance of an east- bound trolley, thinking his wife was beside him. He said the sound of grinding brakes as the car abruptly halted was his first indication that any- thing was amiss. Pifth precinct police, who investi- gated, aredited the quick action of Motorman N. L. Dove in applying his brakes with saving the woman's life. J. S. Smith, 3008 R street, was the conductor of the car, operated by the Capital Traction Co. The Fire Department Rescue Squad was summoned to the scene, but volun- teers from the Saturday night throngs made the trip unnecessary. STRIKERS ESCAPE DYNAMITE THREAT Hushand of Woman Union Worker Is Jailed After Blast Attempt. By the Associated Press. GASTONIA, N. C, April 20.—Troy Jones, husband of one of the Loray mill strikers, arose in & mass meeting of strikers tonight, drew a stick of dynamite - from his pocket and an- nounced he was going to blow up “the whole bunch.” Other strikers prevented | nim from carrying out his threat, and Gaston County officers placed him in Jail. Jones has brought suit for . $5,000 against Fred E. Beal, organizer for the National Textile ~Workers’ Union, charging that Beal aided in the abdue- tion of %is wife, Mrs. Violet Jones, who was one of uvel"nl snfik;r;“ well'l‘o went to New York to raise relief funds.- Jones' dynamite threat followed the reading at the meeting of a telegram from Mrs. Jones, who is still in New York. It said she left Gastonia of her own accord. As he drew the dynamite from his pocket, Jones also struck & match and attempted to light a fuse attached to tick. lh_ens‘e day passed quietly with civil authorities maintaining their reticence as_to thelr investigation into destruction Thursday morning of the building oc- upled as headquarters by the union, and demolition of the front of & build- ing used by the international relief fund, an organization allied with the union. Beyond statements made at the outset that an mvest{lxab!;lun wou:;lp:e . Sheriff Eli Lineberger an = Bfih:glcgls have refused to discuss the vestigation. mlap:md settlement of a small strike at the Pinckney mills in South Gastonia could not be confirmed from mill offi- cials. It was stated at union head- quarters that there ment on a compromise strikers denied re-employment. pay increase and one foreman moved to another job. LABOR HEAD REFUSES T0 QUIT STRIKE AREA McMahon, Replying to Suggestion, Says Leaders Will Stay in Tennessee. By the Assoclated Press. ELIZABETHTON, Tenn., April 20— Thomas F. McMahon, president of the United Textile Workers of America, to- night replied to suggestions that he and other labor leaders leave here to “clarify the situation” among striking textile operators, saying deu‘e_rml.nedly “they can all go to the devil. “We will stay rllhln?llera un:ll thuc’ laboring people tell us they want us get. Dug"p;do(?Mahon sald, with Willilam F. Kelley, vice president of the union; Paul Amon, president of the Tennessee Federation of Labor, and 75 or more striking textile workers standing about him nodding assent. McMahon’s declaration was made to newspaper men in reply to a suggestion from W. C. Boyd, adjutant general, and Sheriff J. M. Moreland that the outside leaders evacuate the city and it the striking workers and offi of the American Hemberg and American Glanzstof mills “to settle the strike among themselves.” e S. A. R. WILL BROADCAST REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES Purpose of Series of Talks Is to Stimulate Interest in Revo- of Epistolae Given Library of Congress « A rare fifteenth century manu- script of a Latin translation of the Epistolae, long ascribed to Phalaris, the tyrant of Agrigen- tum, who roasted his human vic- tims in a brazen bull, has been presented to the Libn‘x;y of Con- gress by Wilfred M. Voynich of London and New York. This, the second unusual man- uscript given to the Library by Mr. Voynich, is said to be of un- usual interest, historically and culturally. The Phalaris manu- script, on vellum, is in 62 folios, rubricated and bound in leather. ‘The manuseript is & transla- tion by Francesco Aretino, a Greek scholar of the fifteenth century, who also translated into Latin “some of the works of hrysostom. lutionary Heroes. The local society, Sons of the Ameri- can Revolution, has arranged a series of addresses on its activities to be broadcast weekly during the late Spring and Summer season over station WISV at Mount Vernon , Va. ‘The broadcast will be part of an edu- cational program worked out by Col. Alonzo Gray, president of the local so- clety, and Maj. Cla; . Emig, the pur‘)nu of which 1 be to stimulate public interest in Revolutionary heroes, anniversary dates and the preservation an address by Frank B, Steel, secretary general of the National Soclety, who will discuss aims of the ol‘fllfln b On Monday ,of the following week Justice Josiah 'A. Van Orsdel of the Court of Appeals will speak on the so- clety’s m in Americanizing comers country. Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, 'pukna ‘will discuss the influence the fchool chil- Army Plane Sets One-Stop Record In 1,100-Mile Hop Assistant Secretary of War Is Passenger on Speedy Air Trip. A one-stop flight to this city from ‘Tulsa, Okla.,, was made in 7 hours and 15 minutes yesterday by Lieut. Louis M. Merrick of Bolling Field, with Col. Patrick J. Hurley, Assis- tant Secretary of War, as a pas- senger. Secretary Hurley and Lieut. Mer- rick were on an aerial inspection trip of Army posts in the West and Middle West during the last two weeks. Yesterday’s 1,100-mile flight from Tulsa to Bolling Field is said to be the fastest trip on record be- tween the two points. The_single stop en route was made at Wright Fleld.- Dayton, Ohio, where fuel was taken aboard. The trip was made in an Army Curtis Falcon observa- tion plane equipped with a special 600-horsepower motor. The plane has been assigned to Bolling Field for the use of F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War for Aerohautics. Cumberland Girl Weds. CUMBERLAND, Md,, April 20 (Spe- cial).—Announcement has just been made by Mrs. Kezia Smith, 317 Ma- gruder street, of the marriage of her daughter, Miss Evelyn B. Smith, to Newton M. Hite of Washington, D. C., the ceremony having been performec at Fairfax, Va., on January 2, last. They will reside in Washington. Council of Profesesors to In- vestigate Missouri Univer- sity Incident. By the Associated Press. The council of the American Asso- clation of University Professors yester- day decided to study through a com- mittee the recent questionnaire on sex problems issued by two professors and an instructor of the University of Mis- souri to the student body of that in- stitution. In_announcing the action, Prof. H. W. Tyler of the Massachusetts - tute of Technology, secretary of the council, said the personnel of the com- mittee had not been selected. ‘The council also decided to hold the next annual meeting of the assocla- tion at the University of North Caro- lina and Dul tive date for the meeting was selected as December 28. Dinner at Cosmos Club. ‘The council closed its meeting last night with a dinner at the Cosmos Club, at which visiting delegates were guests of George Washington University, American University and University of Maryland chapters of the association. The_keynote address was made by Prof. Henry C. Crew of Northwestern Unlvemtmmidem of the association, who emphasized the necessity of work- ing for more complete sympathy and accord between trustees and faculty leaders of American colleges. Other speakers were Prof. Tyler and Prof. Joseph Mayer of Tufts College, Boston, national treasurer. It was inted out that the council meeting ere followed establishment a few weeks ago of national headquarters for the assoclation at 26 Jackson place. Appointment Service. One of the most important innoya- tions worked out at the new headquar- ters, speakers emphasized, was the organization of an appointment service to act as a clearing house for college professors seeking more desirable billets. This service is available to the mem- bership, numbering more than 7.000 professors in several hundred institu- tlons throughout the country. The preliminary work or organizing headquarters here has been under di- rection of officers of the association. on temporary leave from their colleges. Prof. Paul Kaufman of American University, president of the association’s chapter at that institution, acted ‘as toastmaster at last night's dinner. AERONAUTICS GROUP INCREASED BY THREE Hoover Names MacCracken, War- ner and Guggenheim on National Advisory Committee. | | | By the Associated Pres President Hoover today appointed ‘William P. MacCracken of Illinois, Ed- ward P. Warner of Massachusetts, and as additional members of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, in- creasing the membership from 12 to 15, as authorized by a recent act of Con- gress. Mr. MacCracken is the Assistant Sec- retary of Commerce for Aviation, served in the Army Air Service during the war and has devoted a large part of his time since the war to the national development of civil aeronautics, Mr. Warner was Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aviation from July, 1926, until last month; was an aero en- gineer in the Army during the war and has been professor of aeronautical en- gineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1924. Mr. Guggenheim is president of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Pro- motion of Aeronautics, served in the Naval Air Service during the war and is now a lieutenant commander in the Naval Reserve Flying Corps. ke University. The tenta- | d: rry Frank Guggenheim of New York |y, Concern With Which Lindy Is Connected to Equip Air- Train Service. The Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc., of New York, which expects on July 1 to inaugurate its 48-hour air- plane-train service between New York and Los Angeles, was granted 20 air- plane radio licenses and construction permits for the establishment of ground stations for communication with planes yesterday by the Federal Radio Commis- sion. e award was made on recom- mendation of the airways division of the Department of Commerce, of which Capt. F. C. Hingsburg is chief engineer. The company, of which Col. Charles A. Lindbergh is technical adviser, plans a service between New York and Cali- fornia by means of which passengers will be carried by airplane during the and by train at t, the schedule calling for a trip across the continent in two days. Plan 11 Ground Stations. Eleven ground stations are to be erected at points along the route and will furnish pilots with weather reports and other vital information. Stations will be established at the following cities: Columbus, Ohilo; Indianapolis, Ind.; St. Louis, Mo.; Kansas City, M« Wichita, Kans.; Waynoka, Okla.; Clovis, N. Mex.; Albuquerque, N. Mex.; Wins- low, Ariz,; Kingman, Ariz, d Los Angeles. At the company's offices in Washing- ton it was stated today that equipment has been ordered and construction crews are in the fleld, and everything will be in readiness by June 15, two :l‘:eka before the date set for the first p. Radio Need Presented. At a recent hea before the Radio Commission, at which air transport operators from various parts of the country and Government officials were present, the need for radio in aviation was forcibly presented. Present at this hearing were William P. MacCracken, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics; Capt. Hingsburg, Lester D. Seymour, chairman air transport op- erators section of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America, Inc., and many others prominently identified with aviation and radio. d"x‘hn licenses which were issued yester- y are on a temporary basis pendi the establishment by the comml.ug of a definite policy for airplane facil- ities. The frequencies assigned will be in channels below the regular broad- cast band, probably in the neighbor- hood of 333 kilocycles, DIPLOMATS TO ASSIST . IN “FRENCH PROGRAM” Proceeds Will Be Used for Benefit of Children Orphaned by War. Members of the diplomatic co will assist in a “French program” ;5: the benefit of French war orphans, to be given in Pierce Hall, Fifteenth and rvard streets, tomorrow night at 8:30, u{ld!r direction of Mme. Suzanne urent. Mile. Reine Claudel, daughter of the French Ambassador and Mme. Claudel, will appear in & playlet assisted by L. G. van Hoorn, counselor of the Nether- ment during presentation of the play- let will be rendered by Andre Cattaui, attache of the Egyptian legation, and Miss Mary Thompson, pianist. “T! Swan.” a translation from “Le Cygne,” will be played during Mile. Claudel's recitation. Musical selections will be given by Mile. Adele Varela, daughter of the Ambassador from Uruguay. Mile. Valera is an accomplished planist. Mlle. Mona Laurent, 13-year-old daughter of Mme. Suzanne Laurent, director of the presentation, will dance. 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